Name: | WAR BUFFALO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1918 |
Completed: | 06/1918 |
Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Howdon |
Yard Number: | 248 |
Dimensions: | 5228grt, 3293nrt, 400.2 x 52.3 x 28.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142428 |
History: | |
06/1918 | The Shipping Controller (Rankin, Gilmour & Co Ltd), London |
1919 | Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp; renamed PERSIER |
1930 | Cie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp |
11/02/1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/02/1945: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U1017 in 50.24N - 04.20W |
on a voyage from Cardiff to Antwerp with dried eggs, soap, meat and general cargo |
Above photo as PERSIER